MENTAL ABILITY TEST ()_PAPER & SOLUTION In each of the following questions, a number series is given with one of the term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will. Continue the same pattern and replace the question mark (?) in the given series (1 to 10) 1. 21, 23, 27, 33, (1) 37 (2) 41 (3) 43 (4) 49 21 + 2 = 23, 23 + 4 = 27 27 + 6 = 33 33 + 8 = 41 2. 1, 6, 15,, 45, 66, 91 (1) 25 (2) 26 (3) 27 (4) 28 Sol. (4) 1 + 5 = 6 6 + 9 = 15 15 + 13 = 28 28 + 17 = 45 45 + 21 = 66 66 + 25 = 91 3. 2, 6, 12, 30 (1) 18 (2) 24 (3) 20 (4) 26 2 + 4 = 6 6 + 6 = 12 12 + 8 = 20 20 + 10 = 30 4. 107, 97, 82, 62, (1) 52 (2) 42 (3) 47 (4) 37 Sol. (4) 107 10 = 97 97 15 = 82 PAGE-1
82 20 = 62 62 25 = 37 5. 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, 8, (1) 9 (2) 10 (3) 7 (4) 8 Alternate series where the difference is 2 6. 8, 3, 11, 14, 25, (1) 50 (2) 39 (3) 29 (4) 11 8 + 3 = 11 3 + 11 = 14 11 + 14 = 25 14 + 25 = 39 7. 8, 16, 28, 44, (1) 62 (2) 64 (3) 66 (4) 60 8 + 8 = 16 16 + 12 = 28 28 + 16 = 44 44 + 20 = 64 8. 2, 8, 18, 32, 50, (1) 64 (2) 72 (3) 70 (4) 68 2 + 6 = 8 8 + 10 = 18 18 + 14 = 32 32 + 18 = 50 50 + 22 = 72 9. 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, Sol. (4) (1) 37 (2) 36 (3) 73 (4) 63 PAGE-2
1 + 2 = 3 3 + 4 = 7 7 + 8 = 15 15 + 16 = 31 31 + 32 =63 10. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, 48 (1) 41 (2) 29 (3) 37 (4) 35 Sol. (4) 0 + 3 = 3 3 + 5 = 8 8 + 7 = 15 15 + 9 = 24 24 + 11 = 35 35 + 13 = 48 In question No 11 to 15, four figure are given in each. One of the figures differs from the rest. 11. Sol. (1,2) (More accurate) (1) no of lines are maximum. (2) Pattern of lines are same. 12. PAGE-3
Dot is missing 13. Sol. (4) Position of dot is different 14. Vertical line is not present 15. Sol. (3,4) (3)Number of dots are max. (More accurate) (4) lines with dotes are not in between lines of arrows. In question No.16 to 20, figures are given with question mark (?). complete the figure replacing question mark (?) with suitable number logically. PAGE-4
16. (1) 13 (2) 15 (3) 17 (4) 19 25 + 17 = 42/7 = 6 38 + 18 = 56/7 = 8 89 + 16 = 105/7 = 15 17. (1) 25 (2) 20 (3) 32 (4) 42 Sol. (4) 3 + 48 = 51 9 + x =51 X = 42 18. (1) 1 (2) 26 (3) 39 (4) 45 3 2 1 = 5 5 2-2 = 8 8 2 3 = 13 13 2 4 = 22 22 2-5 = 39 PAGE-5
19. (1) 54 (2) 51 (3) 48 (4) 44. 5 2+2=12 12 2+2=26 26 2+2=54 54 2+2=110 110 2+2=222 =54 20. Sol. 4 3 2 6 9 5 9 27? (1) 30 (2) 20 (3) 50 (4) 54 (BONUS) In question No.21 to 25, English alphabets are given digital numbers. Using them find the correct code (number) for other English words from options given below 21. If cup = 40 then KITE = (1) 10 (2) 20 (3) 30 (4) 45 Sol. (4) 3 + 21 + 16 = 40 11 + 9 + 20 + 5 = 45 22. If ZEBRA = 2652181 then LION = (1) 1291514 (2) 50 (3) 9112514 (4) 2591541 L 12, I 9, O 15, N - 14 PAGE-6
23. If BAG = 71 then VICE = (1) 69 (2) 70 (3) 75 (4) 90 Position are taken from right side 5+ 18 + 24 + 22 = 69 24. If RAJU = 11-12-13-14 and JUNK = 13-14-10-9 then RANK = (1) 9-10-11-12 (2) 10-11-12-9 (3) 11-12-10-9 (4) 12-11-10-9 R = 11, A = 12, N= 10, K = 9 25. If WORK = 4-12-9-16 then WOMAN = (1) 4-12-14-26-13 (2) 4-26-14-13-12 (3) 23-12-26-14-13 (4) 23-15-13-1-14 Position are taken from right side W = 4, O = 12, M =14, A = 26, N = 13 In question No.26 to 30, if order of English alphabet is changed, code language is changed, then choose their option from the given option. 26. If TNELLECXE written instead EXCELLENT then what is written for MARKET? (1) TERKAM (2) TEMARK (3) TEKRAM (4) TEKRMA All letters are reversed 27. If PQRS is written as KJIH, then EFGH is written as (1) VUTS (2) STUV (3) SUTV (4) WVUT Sum of position is 27 E F G H 5 6 7 8 22 21 20 19 V U T S PAGE-7
28. If WXYZ = DCBA then COME =? (1) XKNV (2) XLNV (3) LNVX (4) LXNU Sum is 27 C O M E 3 15 13 5 24 12 14 22 X L N V 29. If CARING = EDVGKC and SHARE = UKEPBO then CASKET =? (1) EDXIBP (2) EDWIAP (3) EDWPAI (4) EDWIBP Sol. (4) C A S K E T 3 1 19 11 5 20 +2 +3 +4-2 -3-4 5 4 23 9 2 16 E D W I B P 30. If PICTURE = QHDSVQF then BROWSER =? (1) CQVVTDS (2) CQPVTDS (3) CQPUTDS (4) CQVPPDS B R O W S E R 2 18 15 23 19 5 18 +1-1 +1-1 +1-1 +1 3 17 16 22 20 4 19 C Q P V T D S 31. Study the diagram and find out the number, that lies inside all the figures. (1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 9 (4) 1 32. Pointing at photo of female, Ashok said Her father s wife is my wife s mother in law. What is the relation of Ashok with that female in photo? (1) Sister (2) Wife (3) Mother (4) Daughter PAGE-8
33. As relation of square with perimeter, what is the relation of circle from following in the same manner? (1) Area (2) Volume (3) Circumference (4) Side 34. 423411223412244335341123 In the above series, how many 3 s are there such that 4 comes attar 3 and 2 comes before 3? (1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1 423411223412244335341123 (Two pairs) 35. a-curd, b-milk, c-butter-milk, d-butter, are given. From above milk products, what order or logically correct from following option given? (1) bacd (2) abcd (3) dcba (4) acbd 36. Shoes : cobbler :: Food grains : (1) Trader (2) Farmer (3) Factory (4) Scientist 37. On 26 January 1947 is Tuesday, then which day on 2-september-1947? (1) Tuesday (2) Wednesday (3) Thursday (4) Saturday Jan-5, Feb-0, March 3, April 2, May 3, June 2, July 3, August 3, September 2 5 0 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 Number of odd days = =2 odd days 7 38. What is the angle between hour hand and minute hand in the clock shows time 8 : 25. (1) 90 0 (2) 102.5 0 (3) 77.5 0 (4) 12.5 0 39. Maulik walks 5 km in east direction, then he turns right and walks 8 km, again he turns and walks 5 km, then he turns rest and walks 8 km. Now, how much would he for from his origin? (1) 10 km (2) 18 km (3) 31 km (4) 13 km Total distance = 10 km PAGE-9
(Bonus for English medium) 5km 8km 8km 5km 40. If is stand by keeping mouth in east direction and turn 100 0 clockwise and then turn again 145 0 anticlockwise, then in which direction keeping my mouth will stand? (1) North - east (2) South - East (3) North - West (4) West 45 0 100 0 41. In a line of 200 players, Kartikey s sequence is 18 th from left side, then what is his sequence order from right side? (1) 182 (2) 183 (3) 184 (4) 218 200 + 1 18 = 183 In question No. 42, 43 and 44 one word differs from the rest. Which one is that? 42. (1) Kilometer (2) Centimeter (3) Liter (4) Light year All are measuring units of distance 43. (1) Milk (2) Ghee (3) Butter (4) Oil All are products but milk is substance 44. (1) Ahmedabad (2) Gandhinagar (3) Newyork (4) Mumbai All are Indian Cities 45. There is a relation between India and Delhi. Which of the following word has the same type of relation with U.S.A? (1) Mumbai (2) Washington (3) New york (4) Standford PAGE-10
Capital of U.S.A = Washington 46. If x instead of +, instead of x, - instead of, and + instead of are considered then what is the answer of following by simplifying? 18 (24 3) 8 (1) 18 (2) 16 (3) 15 (4) 12 18 + (24 3) 8 18 + 8 8 = 18 47. 30 % of 30 % of a number is 9, what is that number? (1) 200 (2) 100 (3) 300 (4) 18 30 100 X = 100 30 100 x 9 48. 2 mangoes = 6 apple, 2 apple 8 bananas, so instead of buying 1 mango, how many bananas are available? (1) 12 (2) 24 (3) 6 (4) 8 2 mangoes = 6 apple = 24 bananas 2 apple = 8 bananas 1 mangoes = 12 bananas 49. What would be measure of angle between hour hand and minute hand, when clock shows time 12 o clock? (1) 180 0 (2) 0 0 (3) 90 0 (4) 45 0 50. A man passes road of 250 meter broad in 75 second. What is the speed of man in Km/hour? (1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 12.5 (4) 15 Speed = = Dis tan ce time 250 18 75 5 = 12 km / hr PAGE-11
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